Joan Allen
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956 in Rochelle , Illinois ) is an American actress .
Life
Joan Allen began her acting career at the theater , where she still appears regularly. In 1977 she became a member of the Chicago Steppenwolf Theater Company . Appearances in television films and series followed before she made her film debut in Deadly Relationships in 1985 . She had her first major film role in 1986 as the blind in Blood Moon , the first film adaptation of a novel about the mass murderer Hannibal Lecter , played by Brian Cox . In 1989 she received the coveted Tony Award for her role in the play Burn This .
In the mid-1990s, Allen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for two consecutive years for Nixon and Witch Hunt , and later again for Best Actress for Character Assassination - Beyond Morals (2000). Critics and audiences alike remembered her as a sensitive housewife in Gary Ross ' tragic comedy Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True , for which she received the Saturn Award and the Satellite Award . Allen has also worked with directors such as Francis Ford Coppola , Ang Lee , John Woo , Nick Cassavetes , Uli Edel and Norman Jewison .
Allen was in discussion for the lead on the television series Welcome, Mrs. President , but she canceled. In it she should have taken on the Oscar- nominated role Laine Hanson from Character Assassination - Beyond Morality .
In 2009, Allen played the title role of the American painter of the same name in Bob Balaban's television film Georgia O'Keeffe , which earned her, among other things, the third nomination for the Golden Globe Award .
Allen was married to actor Peter Friedman from 1990 to 2002 . The marriage has a daughter (* 1994).
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Blood Moon (Manhunter)
- 1986: Peggy Sue got married (Peggy Sue Got Married)
- 1988: Tucker (Tucker: The Man and His Dream)
- 1989: Back from Hell (In Country)
- 1993: The King's Game - A Master Is Born (Searching for Bobby Fischer)
- 1993: Josh and SAM
- 1995: Nixon
- 1995: Mad Love (Mad Love)
- 1996: Witch Hunt (The Crucible)
- 1997: The Ice Storm (The Ice Storm)
- 1997: In the body of the enemy (Face / Off)
- 1998: Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville)
- 2000: Character Assassination - Beyond Morality (The Contender)
- 2000: Alone Against Crime (When the Sky Falls)
- 2001: The Mists of Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
- 2004: Like a Single Day (The Notebook)
- 2004: The Bourne Supremacy (The Bourne Supremacy)
- 2004: Yes
- 2005: On Your Shoulder (The Upside of Anger)
- 2006: Bonneville
- 2007: The Bourne Ultimatum (The Bourne Ultimatum)
- 2008: Death Race
- 2009: Hachiko - A wonderful friendship (Hachi: A Dog's Tale)
- 2009: Georgia O'Keeffe (TV movie)
- 2012: Luck (TV series, six episodes)
- 2012: The Bourne Legacy (The Bourne Legacy)
- 2014: The Killing (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2014: Stephen King's a Good Marriage (A Good Marriage)
- 2015: room (Room)
- since 2016: The Family (TV series)
theatre
Steppenwolf Theater Company
- Burn This
- The Heidi Chronicles
- Three sisters
- Waiting for the parade
- Love letters
- The Marriage of Bette and Boo
- (And a Nightingale Sang ...)
- The Wheel
Awards and nominations, Oscar
- 1995: Nixon nominated for Best Supporting Actress
- 1996: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Witch Hunt
- 2000: Nomination for Best Actress for Character Assassination - Beyond Morality
Web links
- Joan Allen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Joan Allen in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Joan Allen in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Joan Allen in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Joan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochelle , Illinois , United States |